Grizzled
grey beard stuttering
Uttering
nonsensical words
Heard
with a smirk by others
Mothers
say, “Children steer clear”
Fearing
thoughts unspeakable
Weak
and seemingly nuts
But
the small-town holy man
Can’t
understand any of this
His
higher mind quite possessed
Obsessed
with the words
Heard
only by him inside
His
pride is non-existent
Persistent
in revealing the truth
Toothless
hmm how many times have we seen this person I know I have N you have given a very striking n emotional response in your poem to both the onlooker and the one being spoken of .. I like this very very much b ;))
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